Federal Agents Are Your Facebook Friends

[Brother_Bliss]

Article Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_feds_on_facebook

When tweets can make you a jailbird

By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press Writer Richard Lardner, Associated Press Writer – Tue Mar 16, 3:04 pm ET

WASHINGTON – Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.

Tracking Sopo through his public "friends" list, the prosecutor found his address and had Mexican authorities arrest him. Instead of sipping pina coladas, Sopo is awaiting extradition to the U.S.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_feds_on_facebook

[aPeacefulButterfly]

Oh My!!! I'd say he should have used a Screen Name instead of his real one. That may be a goood idea for us all. I've had several stalkers (yes I'm a freak magnet) in the past and I"ve never thought about them being able to find me so easily on FB. DANG!!!! Thanks for sharing, Bob!